Excerpt from Popular History of Erie County, Pennsylvania: A Condensed Stetch of the State, Complete History of the County; Its Cities, Villages, Townships; Educational and Industrial Development; And Biographies of Prominent Men; Statistica, Political, and Miscellaneous Matter Individuals, have to do, with county state and national matters and in that. Sense are a part of history. Biographical notes, given with strict reference to fact, are important in establishing dates and occurrences, but when filled with gush and fulsome praise are not only unimportant but nauseating. Shorn of these however, brief biographical notes are valuable historical pointers and as such we have not only made mention of William Penn and all the governors of this State, but the principal actors in Erie County history. In City, Village and Township history will be found brief biographies of the leading families, whether such per sons have subscribed for this work or not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.